Yachting Fixtures. 
AUGUST. 
Huguenot Yacht Club, annual. 
Bridgeport Yacht Club, annual. 
Hempstead Harbor Yacht Club, annual. 
Brooklyn Yacht Club, seventh championship. 
Bristol Yacht Club, open and interbay, catboats. 
Seaside Yacht Club, club. 
Beverly Yacht Club, fifth Corinthian. 
Duxbury Yacht Club. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, club. 
American Yacht Club, Newburyport, club. 
Chicago Yacht Club, open. 
Gloucester Yacht Club. 
15-20. Eastern Yacht Club, sonder trials. 
15. Edgewood Y. C. open and interbay, catboats. 
Barrington Yacht Club, open. 
Rhode Island Y. C., open and interbay, catboats. 
Fall River Yacht Club, open. 
King Phillip Boat Club, open. 
Eastern Yacht Club, Spanish-American Sonder races. 
Edgewood Yacht Club, catboats, special. 
King Phillip B. C., open and interbay. catboats. 
Fall River Yacht Club, open and interbay catboats. 
18-20. Moriches Yacht Club, association regatta. 
18-20. Chicago Yacht Club, Upton cup races. 
19. Newport Y. C., open and interbay. catboats. 
19. Conanicut Yacht Club, open and interbay catboats. 
Newport Yacht Club, open. 
Stamford Yacht Club, annual. 
Harlem Yacht Club, long distance race. 
Atlantic Yacht Club, eighth championship. 
Conanicut Yacht Club, open and interbay, catboats. 
Quincy Yacht Club, club. 
Jubilee Yacht Club, club. 
Seaside Yacht Club. 
Boston Yacht Club. Marblehead, club. 
Gloucester Yacht Club. 
Bristol Yacht Club, open and interbay catboats. 
Huguenot Yacht Club, club. 
Fall River Yacht Club, vice-commodore cup. 
Beverly Yacht Club, fifth club. 
Duxbury Yacht Club. 
Roval Canadian Yacht Club. 
Manchester Yacht Club, Crowhurst cup. 
Gloucester Yacht Club, Y. R. A. open. 
4u. Duxbury Yacht Club. 
25-27. Westhampton C. C., association regatta. 
25-27. Chicago Yacht Club, Nutting cup races. 
26. Annisquam Yacht Club, Y. R. A. open. 
27. Northport Yacht Club, annual. 
New Rochelle Yacht Club, annual. 
Marine and Field Club, ninth championship. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, club. 
c. 1 . Beverly Yacht Club, sixth race. 
27. Duxbury Yacht Club. 
27. Rhode Island Yacht Club, club. 
27. Fall River Yacht Club, rear-commodore cup. 
27. American Yacht Club, Newburyport, cruise. 
27. Seaside Yacht Club. 
31. Atlantic Yacht Club, race week. 
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New York Y. C. Cruise. 
The cruise of the New York Y. C. this year 
was an enjoyable one, and was also successful. 
It attracted a large number of yachtsmen who 
followed the lead of Commodore Arthur Curtiss 
James in their yachts, and the racing, too, dur¬ 
ing the first few days was of a high order. 
There were forty yachts taking part in the first 
three days’ racing, which took the fleet as far 
as Newport, and these boats ranged in size 
from the 30-t'ooters to the big auxiliary Aloha. 
\\ hat was particularly pleasing to the members 
was the number of schooners taking part in the 
races, and it would seem to indicate that the 
schooner is to again come in favor with those 
yachtsmen who can afford such a luxury. On 
the cruise where the racing is from port to port, 
the old-time cruiser has almost as good a chance 
of success as the modern racing craft, and so 
owners are willing to enter their yachts in the 
port runs. The races add some additional in¬ 
terest to the owners of these boats. 
There were eighteen of these big vessels, and 
among them Rear-Commodore Pratt's Sea Fox, 
built twenty-two years ago. and James B. Ford’s 
Katrina just as old as the Sea Fox. Sea Fox 
showed up very well. She did not win, but 
Elmina, the crack yacht of the big class, could 
only beat the famous old boat a few minutes 
each day, and Katrina did win some runs. 
The fleet gathered in Glen Cove Harbor on 
lluirsday, Aug. 4. There were about one hun¬ 
dred vessels in the harbor when the flagship 
Aloha arrived there about noon, and then the 
commodore ordered the fleet to proceed to 
Huntington. The Regatta Committee—H. de 
B. Parsons, Ernest E. Lorillard and Grenville 
Kane—soon after this, went to Matinicock Point 
and established the starting line for the racing 
craft and signalled the course. The wind was 
from S. ^2 W. and blowing ten miles an hour. 
The course chosen took the yachts first to a 
mark off Long Neck Point, then back to an¬ 
other mark off Oak Neck, and then to the fin¬ 
ishing line off Eaton’s Neck at the entrance to 
Huntington Harbor. This made it a run to 
Long Neck, a beat to Oak Neck and a reach 
to the finish and a fair test on three points of 
sailing. The small sloops were the first sent 
away, and these were followed at intervals of 
five minutes by the other classes. All crossed 
the line with booms eased to port and spinnak¬ 
ers and balloon jib topsails were carried. The 
green sloop, Shimna, showed what a smart 
yacht she is by at once overhauling those which 
had started ahead of her and keeping in front 
of the 65-footers. Vencedor, the auxiliary, led 
the fleet at the first mark, where times taken 
were: Vencedor, 2:22:30; Shimna, 2:25:00; 
Seneca, 2:25:02; Idler, 2:25:30’ Winsome, 
2:26:20; Istalena. 2:26:30; Aurora, 2:26:35; 
Windward, 2:27:00; Adventuress, 2:27:30; Cara 
Mia, 2:27:45; Phryne, 2:28:50; Vagrant, 2:30:10; 
Cygnet, 2:30:50. 
As soon as they were on the wind. Shimna 
took the lead and held it for some time. Win¬ 
some followed but could not get by Shimna and 
was put in rather'a bad position, so that Ista¬ 
lena was able when near the windward mark to 
take the lead. There the times taken were: 
Istalena, 3:56:30; Shimna, 3:57:40; Winsome. 
3 : 57 : S°; Aurora, 4:00:32. It was a reach with 
booms to port to the finish, and Istalena was 
the first yacht to finish. She had beaten her 
class rivals, Winsome, Aurora and Hester. 
Avenger was not a starter in this race, and her 
absence was a great disappointment to the 
yachtsmen. This left Shimna without a class 
competitor, so the committee made a special 
race with Adventuress, and Shimna, after allow¬ 
ing that yacht urn. 22s., won by 2m. 36s. In 
the 46-foot class, in which Adventuress really 
belongs, that yacht won handily, beating the 
yawl Polaris, Eleanora and Hermes II. Wind¬ 
ward was the winner in Class P. She was sailed 
well by R. A. Monks and defeated Cara Mia by 
im. 25s. The 30-footers, as usual, sailed a very 
good race. Phryne is being handled by C. 
Sherman Hoyt, and lie is one of the best sailors 
of small boats on the Sound. Phryne won the 
race. Nepsi, which has Butler Whiting as 
skipper, finished second, and J. W. Alker was 
third with Alera. 
Vencedor won the race for auxiliaries, with 
Iris second. In the small class of schooners 
the new yacht Vagrant, owned by Harold S. 
Vanderbilt, was the winner. Dervish, being 
without a class competitor, had to sail against 
the winner of Class E. Vagrant, and Vagrant 
was the winner by nearly 5m. Taormina won 
in Class D. and in a special race defeated Ariel, 
and Elmina won from Sea Fox. 
The fleet made Huntington Harbor look very 
pretty. The yachtsmen gathered on board the 
flagship to arrange some of the minor details 
of the cruise, and after a very pleasant evening, 
turned in to get a good rgst before the long 
run to New London scheduled for the next day. 
The summaries: 
Motor Auxiliaries—Start, 1:25. 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Vencedor . 4 56 45 3 31 45 3 04 58 
Iris . 5 05 01 3 40 01 3 15 26 
Seneca . 5 09 14 3 44 14 3 19 16 
Idler . 4 57 45 3 32 45 3 19 51 
N. Y. Y. C. Thirties—Start, 1:25. 
Phryne . 5 30 43 4 04 43 . 
Nepsi . 5 34 10 4 09 10 . 
Alera . 5 36 47 4 11 47 . 
Dahinda . 5 41 42 4 16 42 . 
Juanita . 5 42 27 4 17 27 . 
Class P—Start, 1:25. 
Windward . 5 27 25 4 02 25 2 50 45 
Cara Mia . 5 28 50 4 03 50 2 52 10 
Mimosa III. 5 31 48 4 06 48 2 54 22 
Class L—Special—Start, 1:25. 
Shimna :. 4 46 35 3 11 35 2 40 13 
Adventuress .,5 00 31 3 25 31 2 42 49 
Class M—Start.' 1:25. 
Adventuress . 5 01 31 3 25 31 2 42 49 
Polaris . 5 08 06 3 33 06 2 49 14 
Eleanora . 5 18 29 3 41 29 2 56 15 
Hermes II. 5 32 10 5 57 10 3 07 07 
Lasca .. Not timed. 
Class Iv—Start, 1:40. 
Istalena . 4 42 24 3 02 24 2 40 46 
Winsome . 4 43 13 3 03 13 2 41 35 
Aurora . 4 46 32 3 06 32 2 44 43 
Hester . Did not finish. 
Class F—Start, 1:30. 
Vagrant . 5 18 19 3 48 19 3 05 37 
Miladi . 5 32 54 4 02 54 3 18 09 
Cygnet . 5 34 25 4 04 25 3 19 40 
Class N—Start, 1:35. 
Phantom . 5 38 09 4 03 09 . 
Class E Special—Start, 1:30. 
Vagrant . 5 IS 19 3 48 19 3 05 37 
Dervish . 5 15 36 3 45 36 3 10 01 
Class D—Start, 1:45. 
Taormina . 5 13 53 3 28 53 3 00 30 
1 rolita . 5 13 40 3 28 40 3 01 42 
Katrina . 5 12 34 3 27 34 3 02 54 
Nancy . 5 22 26 3 37 26 . 
Class C Special—Start, 1:45. 
Taormina . 5 13 53 3 28 53 3 00 30 
Ariel . 5 05 47 3 20 47 3 05 05 
Class B—Start, 1:45. 
Elmina .:. 4 48 33 3 03 33 2 54 31 
Sea Fox . Did not finish. 
HUNTINGTON TO NEW LONDON. 
A wind, S. W. by W., about 9 miles, was blow¬ 
ing when the racing craft reached the starting 
line shortly before 7 o’clock on the morning of 
Friday, Aug. 5. It gave promise, too, of hold¬ 
ing, and its direction made things somewhat 
easy and pleasant. The run was to New Lon¬ 
don, 65 miles away, and in addition to the usual 
class prizes, Commodores’ cups were to be 
sailed for. There were four of these trophies, 
two for schooners and two for sloops, with 
time allowance. The schooners were divided 
with classes B and C in the first division and 
smaller ones in the second division, and the 
sloops were divided with classes K and L in 
the first division, and the others forming the 
second. The yachts began to cross the line at 
7:10 o’clock, and with booms eased to port and 
balloon jib topsails drawing, reached through 
the Sound. The starts were very pretty. The 
racers soon separated into three divisions. 
Some yachtsmen held well over to the Connecti¬ 
cut shore, a few, among them Vagrant, held 
along the Long Island side, while others sailed 
a middle course. Istalena and Aurora had a 
short luffing match and allowed Winsome to 
take a good lead. Stratford Shoal was reached 
by 9 o’clock. Shimna was then the leading 
yacht, with Winsome not far astern. Alera led 
the ,30-footers well in toward the north shore. 
Irolita led in her class, and Adventuress was a 
little ahead of Polaris, and Elmina, one of the 
last to start, was rapidly overhauling the lead¬ 
ers. Then the wind hauled sufficiently to allow 
spinnakers. By 10 o’clock Elmina was off 
Morris Cove. She was- the leading yacht in the 
fleet, as astern of her was Idler. Seneca, Vence¬ 
dor, Iris and Sea Fox in the order named. Win¬ 
some was further out in the Sound, followed by 
Shimna. The north shore course was the best 
because the yachts were able to catch the first 
of the east flowing tide when off Morris Cove, 
which gave them some advantage. At 11:35 El¬ 
mina passed Faulkner’s Island, at least two 
miles ahead of the next yacht. About noon the 
wind still hauling, forced the leaders to take in 
spinnakers and gybe. Taormina. Katrina. Iro¬ 
lita and a few others kept inside Faulkner’s 
Island, and carrying a better wind and tide with 
